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Title: Observing Ski Touring and Decision making in the Alps. What Ordinary People Do or Not Do, and Why?
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Bjørn Michaelsen, Carsten Rolland
Description: Recreational avalanche accident prevention seems to be based on a universal understanding of snow and avalanche science. This has led to an impressive...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.13.pdf
Keywords: ski touring, decision making, risk cultures, tradition, qualitative methods, avalanche education
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Title: Chasing the Dragon - Can Impulse Control and Addiction Therapies Assist Some Recreational Decision Makers?
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Mark Kelly
Description: Recreational backcountry travelers pursue their chosen activities for a variety of reasons. Many of the reasons that recreationalists choose to travel...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.14.pdf
Keywords: addiction, impulse control, heuristics, decision making
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Title: Tracking Snowmobilers to Understand Travel Behavior in Avalanche Terrain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
Description: This paper will present an analysis of snowmobile tracks from the 2015-16 winter season. Avalanche fatality statistics since 2000 shows that an increa...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.23.pdf
Keywords: snowmobiles, gps tracking, decision making, avalanche terrain, education
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Title: Exploring Large-Scale Terrain Preferences for Managing Avalanche Risk in a Commercial Backcountry Skiing Operation
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Reto Sterchi, Pascal Haegeli, Clair Israelson
Description: Guides of commercial backcountry skiing operations manage the physical risk from avalanches by assessing the local avalanche hazard and carefully choo...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.31.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk management, terrain selection, decision making, helicopter skiing, conceptual model of avalanche hazard
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Title: Heli-Ski Guide Tracking for Institutional Memory and Auditing
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
Description: Heli-skiing is a growing industry in many parts of the world, with new operations starting in Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Iceland and elsewhere in rece...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.32.pdf
Keywords: hel-skiing, gps tracking, decision making, avalanche terrain, management
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Title: Modernizing North America's Oldest Avalanche Program in Little Cotttonwood Canyon, Utah
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Bill Nalli
Description: The combination of abundant snowfall, narrow roadway with many avalanche paths, dozens of threatened buildings, and large backcountry touring communit...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.33.pdf
Keywords: highway avalanche program, avalanche forecasting, decision matrix, risk management
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Title: La Skieda Telemark Festival: Managing Risk and Human Factors of 350 Skiers and 12 Guides
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Fabiano Monti, Alberto Marazzi, Davide Spini, Christoph Mitterer, Walter Steinkogler
Description: Often, accidents involving avalanche-aware people can be ascribed to human factors, i.e. inappropriate risk management; professional mountain guides a...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.46.pdf
Keywords: mountain guides, decision-making, human factor, heuristic traps
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Title: Avalanche Close-Calls During Courses – What Can We Learn?
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Steve Conger
Description: This paper and its associated poster present a study of avalanche close-calls or incidents that have occurred during field sessions in a formalized av...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.15.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accidents, close calls, hazard evaluation conceptual model, recognition primed decision-making
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Title: Backcountry and Sidecountry Users: an Intercept Survey Approach
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Kevin Fitzgerald, Jessica Kay, Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
Description: This paper explores the differences in overall preparedness (i.e. equipment, skills, knowledge and awareness) between backcountry, and lift-accessed b...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.29.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, recreation, backcountry, sidecountry
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Title: Reducing Risky Behaviors: Applying Theories of Behavioral Change to Avalanche Education
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Neil S. Geisler, Karl R. Geisler
Description: Avalanche course curriculum tends to focus on three main areas: the technical and observable underpinnings of avalanche formation and release, decisio...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.34.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, human factors, decision making, risk, behavior change
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Title: The Avalanche Science Centre – The Science Programme
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Rune Engeset, Audun Hetland, Carsten Roland, Sigmund Andersen, Yngve Birkelund, Matthias Forwick, Markus Landrø, Andrea Mannberg, Bjørn Michaelsen
Description: UiT The Arctic University of Norway is establishing the Avalanche Science Centre during the period 2015-2017. The mission of the Centre is to provide ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.45.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, human factor, avalanches
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Title: Decision-Making and Avalanche Mitigation During a Rapid Onset Wet Slab Avalanche Cycle
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Paul Baugher, Karl W. Birkeland
Description: Although all avalanche types are difficult to forecast and mitigate, wet slab avalanches are particularly problematic. The dynamics of wet slabs are p...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O1.01.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche mitigation, decision-making, risk management, wet slab avalanches
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Title: Decision-Making Practices in Alaska's Dynamic Mountain Environments: A Study of Professional Mountain Guides
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Emma Walker, Eeva Latosuo
Description: Avalanche professionals make dozens of decisions each time they step into the field. The best practices for decision-making in high-risk, dynamic envi...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O9.01.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, risk tolerance, gender
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Title: Yin, Yang, and You
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Roger L. Atkins
Description: "Yin" and "Yang" are opposing but complementary elements. This concept applies well to the challenge of integrating both subjective judgment ("Yin") a...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O9.02.pdf
Keywords: decision making; human factors
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Title: Using Global Crowd-Sourced Data to Understand Travel Behavior in Avalanche Terrain
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
Description: This paper will present the results from our first winter season (2013-14) of data collection using a global crowd-sourced approach to collect travel ...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O9.04.pdf
Keywords: decision making, terrain analysis, human factors, demographics, gps
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